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Synonyms for claw

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : klaw
Phonetic Transcription : klɔ

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Définition of claw

Origin :
  • Old English clawu, earlier clea, "claw, talon, iron hook," from Proto-Germanic *klawo (cf. Old Frisian klawe "claw, hoe," Middle Dutch klouwe, Dutch klauw, Old High German klawa, German Klaue "claw").
  • Claw-foot in reference to furniture is from 1823; claw-and-ball attested from 1893. Claw-hammer attested from 1769.
  • noun nail of animal; tool shaped like nail of an animal
  • verb using sharp nail
Example sentences :
  • We have brains, and with our brains we must do in a scientific way what Nature does with tooth and claw.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The bird was standing upon one leg, and in the other claw held a stone.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • Unlike any animals he had ever encountered, they did not bite nor claw.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • He could hit, and he could hit hard, but he did not care to claw and scratch and bite!
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He would fight them tooth and claw, and yet Lionel should not suffer.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Thus during the long morning they endeavored to claw off the lee shore.
  • Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • Scotland says, in her own homely adage, "Claw me and I'll claw thee."
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • He spat again, and waved a claw towards the forward bulkhead.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • Some chose a foot, some a wing, some a tail, and some a claw.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews
  • Claws: the claw or hook-like structures at the end of the foot or tarsus.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

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